Charles I (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1600-49) Copy manuscript letter to Sir Thomas Holte, 1p. with conjugate blank & superscription, sm. folio, Rycott [Rycote House, Oxfordshire], 7th August 1627, remonstrating with Sir Thomas Holte against his opposition to the marriage of his son and the daughter of the Bishop of London, "The interest we have in all our subjects, and especially the families of the best quality, giveth us cause to interfere in this, while a severe proceeding against your son would endanger the overthrow of your house", folds, browned.
⁂ Sir Thomas Holte, first baronet (1570/71-1654), landowner and royalist sympathizer. "In his dealings with his eldest son Holte acted the part of an implacable patriarch. When Edward (1600–1643) fell in love with Elizabeth King, the daughter of John King (d. 1621), bishop of London, Holte forbade the match, and when the couple married anyway, he threatened to disinherit Edward. It took the intervention of Charles I to make Holte withdraw his threat... ." - Oxford DNB.
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